Something that always seems to be missing from these discussions is the fact that the content being discussed forms a huge portion of our culture. I don't mean to dismiss the importance of maximising profits for publishers and providing a small, indirect income stream to those artists who have managed to negotiate some semblance of a conscionable contract, but is there not also value in enriching the lives of millions of people? If the same profit can be gained by distributing content to more people, wouldn't that be of greater benefit to society as a whole than trying to maintain an exclusive price point?
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That would be the 50 million discussed here? http://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=50+million+climate+refugees Maybe you could put your straw man in one of those cots?
Something that always seems to be missing from these discussions is the fact that the content being discussed forms a huge portion of our culture. I don't mean to dismiss the importance of maximising profits for publishers and providing a small, indirect income stream to those artists who have managed to negotiate some semblance of a conscionable contract, but is there not also value in enriching the lives of millions of people? If the same profit can be gained by distributing content to more people, wouldn't that be of greater benefit to society as a whole than trying to maintain an exclusive price point?